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Buffalo Infertility & IVF Associates

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Last Update: 09/13/2022

Description

Buffalo Infertility & IVF Associates is a fertility clinic in Buffalo, New York, offering a variety of assisted reproduction techniques to help their patients start or add to a family.

According to their website, this clinic offers a known egg donor program and also works with two donor eggs banks for anonymous donation. LGBT family building is fully supported with donor sperm and gestational surrogacy being among the treatment options.

For patients who have to travel a further distance, Buffalo Infertility and IVF Associates offer out-of-town monitoring via other centers if the frequents trips needed to the clinic pose a problem.

However, all this information could not be verified by the inviTRA specialists.

If you want to know how to get to the clinic, click here.

Fertility treatments

Below, you'll find a table with all fertility treatments offered by Buffalo Infertility & IVF Associates.

Embryo cryopreservation
Fertility preservation
Frozen Embryo Transfer
In Vitro Fertilization / ICSI
IUI with Donor Sperm
IUI with Partner's Sperm
IVF with Donor Egg & Donor Sperm
IVF with Donor Eggs
IVF with Donor Sperm
Prolonged embryo cultivation
Reciprocal IVF
Sperm freezing

Furthermore, this center also provides surrogacy since the country and state legislation allows this.

Complementary techniques

To further increase the probabilities of success of the treatment and achieve the goal of pregnancy, this center has the necessary technology to perform the following complementary techniques:

If you're still unsure which fertility treatment is right for you and would like to know more about it, we suggest you read on here: Fertility Treatment Overview.

In assisted reproduction, like any medical treatment, it is necessary for you to trust the professionalism of the doctors and the clinic you choose.

This Tool generates you a personalized report with all information necessary about the treatment you will need. Besides, there is a list of clinics in your area which we have chosen based on our selection criteria with their budget plan included. Last but not least, you will find a series of useful tips for your first clinic visit.

Diagnostic tests

To find out the reasons for the infertility and provide the best possible treatment plan, this center also offers the following diagnostic and corrective procedures:

  • Female fertility testing.
  • Male fertility testing.
  • Female fertility surgeries.

However, all this information has not been verified by the inviTRA specialists.

Success rates

This data has been collected by the American CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) in the year 2016. Directly comparing pregnancy rates between different clinics can lead to mistakes.

IVF/ICSI

Realized cycles

Number of total cycles performed by the clinic in a year.

The CDC stipulates both the total number of cycles realized per clinic in general and number of cycles performed by the patient's age group: under 35 years, between 35-37 years, between 38-40 years, between 41-42 years and above 43 years.

This is the total number of performed cycles by Buffalo Infertility & IVF Associates in a year.

More information
Cycles with fresh eggs: 440 per year
Cycles with frozen eggs: 117 per year

Pregnancy probability per transfer

Probability that an embryo transfer will lead to a pregnancy, regardless of the number of embryos transferred.

Cycles with fresh eggs

Age of the recipient woman: under 35 years old
41.3%
Age of the recipient woman: between 35 and 37 years old
37.8%
Age of the recipient woman: between 38 and 40 years old
21.4%
Age of the recipient woman: between 41 and 42 years old
20.7%
Age of the recipient woman: over 43 years old
22.2%*
* Percentage extracted from 9 cases

Cycles with frozen eggs

Age of the recipient woman: under 35 years old
45.8%
Age of the recipient woman: between 35 and 37 years old
38.2%
Age of the recipient woman: between 38 and 40 years old
18.2%*
* Percentage extracted from 11 cases
Age of the recipient woman: between 41 and 42 years old
0.0%*
* Percentage extracted from 1case
Age of the recipient woman: over 43 years old
no data

IVF with egg donation

Realized cycles

Number of total cycles performed by the clinic in a year.

In regards to egg donation cycles, these are the ranges of annual cycles carried out by Buffalo Infertility & IVF Associates.

More information
Cycles with frozen embryos: 6 per year

Pregnancy probability per transfer

Probability that an embryo transfer will lead to a pregnancy, regardless of the number of embryos transferred.

Frozen embryo transfer
80.0%*
* Percentage extracted from 5 cases

Medical team

Adam M. Griffin MD
Adam M. Griffin MD
OB/GYN, Reproductive endocrinologist
Michael W. Sullivan MD
Michael W. Sullivan MD
OB/GYN, Reproductive endocrinologist
Chantal Bartels MD
Chantal Bartels MD
OB/GYN
Peter Wieckowski, PhD, HCLD
Peter Wieckowski, PhD, HCLD
High complexity laboratory director
IVF lboratory director
Lisa Cowan, MSc
Lisa Cowan, MSc
Embryologist
Tissue bank director
Peter Vaccaro, BSc
Peter Vaccaro, BSc
Embryologist
Andrology & embryology laboratory supervisor

Reviews

The reviews of Buffalo Infertility & IVF Associates found on the internet are both positive and negative. In the following section we are going to list some of the comments on Google Reviews.

In the positive reviews we can see that Jo Ann says her visits took little time out of her day while managing to be personable. Griiisiii provides information about the prices she has paid and that the staff are very nice. Bonnie says the staff are amazing and that Dr Bartel provided care that went above and beyond, and that her calls were always returned.

In the negative reviews A. Popiela says she feels the clinic and staff are cold and do not care about your feelings but want your money. S Song adds that the clinic still uses old-fashioned paper systems and implies they need to modernize their communication.

If you have experience with this clinic and would like to share it with us, whether it was positive or negative, we encourage you to do so in our comment section.

Location: how to get to the clinic?

The clinic can be found located within the Snyder Square Medical Building on Main Street.

If driving to the clinic and arriving via I-90, you take exit 50 towards Niagara Falls onto I-290W. From here take exit 7A onto Main street. If coming from downtown Buffalo you need Route 33E and take the Pine Ridge Road exit onto Route 240. From Harlem Road the turn for Main Street is about 2 miles away on the right. There is a parking lot available outside the building.

If using public transport to get to the clinic, the nearest train station is on the Metro Rail line, University station, about 2 miles away. The nearest bus stop on Main Atreet is Main St & Harlem Road which stops just along from the building.

If coming from further afield Buffalo Niagara International airport is a 10 min drive away, via Route 33 and I-90.

Last Update: 09/13/2022
2 comments / opinions
    1. Hey there. I just moved to the area. I hail from Baltimore and have had IVF in an excellent clinic there. We want to add to our family and I am wondering whether to use a clinic here in Buffalo or return to where I was before despite the travel costs.

      • Hi ToniTee

        There are a few things to think about if you are returning to IVF treatment and choosing a new clinic.

        The first thing to consider is do you have vitrified embryos in storage left over from your previous cycles. If so I would recommend that you contact your previous clinic and, after carefully choosing your new one, to see if they can arrange shipping of your cryopreserved embryos. In this way you won’t have to undergo the whole process of ovarian stimulation and follicular puncture a second time.

        With regards to choosing a new clinic in your area don´t forget to ask around your family and friends, and we have a forum available in which you may be able to connect with other fertility clinic users in your area.

        I hope this helps and best wishes.